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www.laverstockwww.laverstock--ford.co.ukford.co.uk IssueIssue 163163 May/JuneMay/June 20172017 Laverstock & Ford Parish Newsletter

Welcome to issue 163

Our cover picture for this issue is of a newly named road on the Longhedge Estate. See pages 14 & 15 for the stories of V.C. recipients who are commemorated there.

It has been very gratifying to see the young children in making the most of the newly created play area at Norman Drive. See page 22 for pictures of the official opening. A much larger play/leisure area for older youngsters, with a trim trail incorporating fitness equipment, is planned for The Green (MoD Open Space) this summer.

As we head towards summer and the barbeque season, it’s worth reading the safety advice from Dorset & Fire & rescue on page 30.

The Schools Mini Marathon takes place in Laverstock on Saturday 20th May 9.00am – 12.00pm. The event is a huge success for all of the children who take part (nearly 1,500) and is very much part of the Salisbury Schools’ calendar. The event committee do their best to minimise the disruption to local residents. See page 31 for details.

Do you have a few hours a month to help maintain the beautiful churchyard at St Andrews? See page 37 for details.

Parish Newsletter Editor – One Willing Volunteer Required!

Our Parish Newsletter Editor is planning to step down from the role in the next few months. If you would like to try your hand at editing the Parish Newsletter please get in touch with the current Editor who will be able to provide you with mentoring support for the next edition or two.

We have a Parish Newsletter Laptop PC with MS Publisher software set up with the Newsletter template, ready to loan to our new Newsletter Editor. For full infor- mation, email the [email protected]

The Parish Newsletter is published six times a year for the benefit of parish residents. However, articles included do not necessarily reflect the views of the Parish Council. Advertisements for any firm or service does not imply a recommendation by the Parish Council.

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Inside your Parish Newsletter . . .

5 Annual Parish Meeting - Chairman’s Report 8 Report on Parish Council Meetings 9 Planning Applications

11 Laverstock and Ford Country Park & Longhedge

12 News from Old Sarum

13 Old Sarum Nursery

14 Street Naming — Longhedge 16 Traffic Issues in the Parish 18 Citizens Advice

20 The Great British Spring Clean

22 Official Opening of Norman Drive Play Area

23 Update to Traffic Issues in Ford Village

27 Health & Wellbeing—Alzheimer’s Society

28 River Bourne Community Farm Events

29 Hampton Park Pavilion

31 Salisbury Schools Mini Marathon—Letter from St Andrew’s School

32 Community Policing

33 Laverstock Gardening Club

35 St Andrew’s Church — Breakfast@9

36 Laverstock & Ford Parish Council Contacts

37 Contacts around The Parish

41 Helplines

42 Parish Diary Dates

Annual Parish Meeting - Chairman’s Report The Annual Parish Meeting held at The Old Sarum Community Cen- tre was well attended by residents where David Burton, chairman of the parish, gave the following address on the activities of the coun- cil in the past year. “This short presentation is to summarise the work of the Parish Council over the last year and help stimulate debate. We are keeping the meeting short but the headline message is that we are here to represent residents and welcome your thoughts and views throughout the coming year. Planning We must be one of the busiest Parish Councils in Wiltshire when it comes to plan- ning, with four major planning developments in the Parish in various stages in the Planning Process. , Longhedge, Riverdown Park and Old Sarum. All these developments matter to all our residents and we continue to put hun- dreds of volunteer hours into doing our best to get the best deals from develop- ers – a Community Centre that is viable and doesn’t echo, Country Parks that are well-kept and well-loved areas, the right balance of housing and local facilities to ensure each of our settlements are increasingly good places to live. Traffic Calming and Transport We are making steady progress with two traffic calming schemes at the Roman Road through Ford and the Portway at Old Sarum. The former is at an advanced stage of planning while the latter is making headway. We are also supporting the development of a pedestrian walk at Petersfinger and looking into School Run issues at Riverdown Park and Laverstock Schools with both the Schools and local residents. Green Spaces There is plenty to moan about when it comes to developers not releasing funds and land to us in a timely manner. We have learnt as we have gone along and are getting better at combatting developer’s bad behaviours. When we have finally secured open spaces and funding we have demonstrated our ability to deliver complex projects like the Old Sarum LEAP in ways that get best value for money for residents. cont…. Laverstock & Ford Parish Newsletter 5

There are more play parks and other recreational facilities at Old Sarum in pipeline this coming year along with new green spaces and play parks at Longhedge. The Longhedge play parks could be in place in the next few months which will make a refreshing change. Riverdown Park and the Laverstock and Ford Country Park is the most challenging but we are making headway here too.

Community Representation

We achieved consultation and engagement through the Parish Newsletter, Web Site, On-Line surveys, a Parish Showcase meeting, Resident’s Association attend- ance and informal support for community activities such as the increased range of events at Hampton Park Pavilion, the Community Farm, Laverstock Village Hall and here at the Old Sarum Community Centre. Incidentally a survey to assess where we should consider investing Youth and Adult Recreation funding attracted well over 160 respondents from Old Sarum residents. These average scores indicate that there is overall support from respondents for all proposed ideas received by resi- dents at face to face consultations. The next step is to look at which of these items can be funded most effectively from the fund and which we should look for other sources of funding. For example the lighting on Green Lane, while a popular item, is on the edge of the definition of Youth and Adult recreation and not clearly some- thing the Parish Council leads on so it may be that we approach Wiltshire Council on that one.

Governance and Strategy

There has been an awful lot of work for the Parish Council over the last year to ad- dress Wiltshire Council’s Community Governance Review and the unfortunate attempts by Salisbury City Parish to abolish our Parish Council. The good news is that the Review has been completed in our favour and Salisbury City Parish has ac- cepted the decision. We have already started to build bridges with them and held a joint meeting to discuss the pros and cons of Neighbourhood Plans with a Wiltshire Council expert in this field. We are now refining our governance and later this year will make a decision as to whether to review our Parish Plan or embark on a Neigh- bourhood Plan for our Parish. With either of these options we will be looking to our residents to set the priorities for our strategy for the next four year term of this Par- ish and beyond. cont…...

Income & Expenditure We still enjoy one of the lowest precepts in the County but increasingly have some of the best facilities. We will continue to look at our precept each year to make sure it is set at an appropriate level and we will also work hard to secure funding from other sources. In particular we want to see more funds available for community organisations like Old Sarum Residents’ Association to do their good work in the Parish. If we can just oil the wheels and make things happen without money passing through our own accounts all the better. Where ever possible we look for sources other than our precept to cover expendi- ture, for example the newsletter expenditure is covered by newsletter adverts and our grant programme is currently covered by rental income for a mobile phone mast. Parish Councillors – Thank you Thanks to all Parish Councillors who have worked tirelessly in a voluntary capacity on projects like the speed calming proposals for Old Sarum Portway– including those who have stepped down over the last year. Paul Tunnicliffe, Mark Ansonia and Trudy Wormsley-Smith. Parish Council Executive – Thank You Thanks to Andrew, our hardworking Parish Clerk and also our new Assistant to the Parish Clerk Barry Stay. I thought I would end on a high note; we fielded a total of around 50 volunteers across the Parish at three events in our major settlements for the Great British Spring Clean. They picked a total of 95 bags of rubbish. I think we must have field- ed one of the youngest participants too. We even managed to persuade the pro- fessional contractors work for Wiltshire Council to help us out with two operators who came with two litter vans. Innovation and resourcefulness continue to be a hallmark of this Parish.” Questions were then taken from the floor. Whilst an open Annual Parish Meeting is a legal requirement, our monthly Parish Meetings are always open to the public where they can address the council prior to the start of the meeting proper and can stay and observe the whole meeting.

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Report on Parish Council Meetings

This report covers the meetings held at the River Bourne Community Farm on 20 February 2017 and at the Old Sarum Community Centre on 20 March 2017. The An- nual Parish Meeting on 20 March is also covered.

At the February meeting there was further discussion about the Junior Football Pitch on The Green, formerly known as the MOD land. The Clerk said that he had had discussions with Salisbury Football Club about them looking after the pitch but they had yet to come to an agreement. It was reported that at long last a solution to the poor acoustics in the main hall at the Old Sarum Community Centre was in the offing and it was hoped to carry out the work during the Easter break.

Slow progress is being made with the transfer of the swale land at Old Sarum. Some legal documents have been drawn up with Wiltshire Council and it is hoped the transfer will take place before summer. Progress with the Country Park at Bish- opdown is very slow with the developer refusing to properly fund its construction and management.

The Council made grants of over £1500 at the February meeting. £1350 to the River Bourne Community Farm to refurbish parts of the straw-bale classroom, and £157 to the Old Sarum Community Centre for a car park sign.

Slow progress is being made with traffic calming schemes for Ford and for the Portway at Old Sarum. The schemes were discussed at both the February and March meetings.

The Annual Parish Meeting was held in the Old Sarum Community Centre on 20 March. This is not a Parish Council meeting but an opportunity for all resident to learn more about Council activities and to ask questions. Seventeen residents attended. The Chairman’s report can be found elsewhere in this Newsletter. The regular monthly meeting of the Council was held afterwards and most residents re- mained to view this meeting.

The Chairman was pleased to report that the new play park on the Old Sarum Coun- try Park is now open and had attracted many favourable comments. Tenders have been received for the new play and recreation facilities on The Green and the sift process is in progress.

The Council approved a grant of £500 to the Laverstock Village Hall at the March meeting. This grant is to assist the charity with the purchase of concertina stands that will screen stored items from view.

The Council was briefed on the forthcoming Parish Council elections that will hap- pen on 4 May 2017. All current Councillors will retire on 8 May and most are seek- ing nomination for re-election. The new Council will meet for the first time on 15 May.

Finally the Clerk reported on some of the issues that have been presented to him over the last two months. The provision of litterbins at bus stops and a request for a 20mph speed limit were two issues posed by Old Sarum residents. Unfortunately nothing can be done on either issue until Wiltshire Council adopts the roads from Persimmon.

The Council went into closed session at the end of the March meeting in order to discuss difficult and complex negotiations with a developer. Parish Clerk

Planning Applications

The following Planning Applications have been submitted in the Parish since Feb- ruary 2017. Italics after the application show the Parish Council response. Bold print shows a decision by Wiltshire Council.

DECISIONS

17/12114/TPO. Work to TPO trees, 2 Norton Drive, Ford. NO COMMENT. Approved.

16/12404/FUL. Erection of 2-storey rear extension, 34 Down View Rd, Laverstock. NO COMMENT. Approved.

16/12430/CLE. Certificate of Lawful Use for construction of buildings and conver- sion of stable block to accommodation. Little Acre, Winterbourne Earls. Refused.

16/12528/FUL. Proposed car park to include caravans and motor caravans. Land at Old Sarum, Old Sarum Park. OBJECT. Refused.

17/00721/FUL. Single storey lean-to side extension. 87 Church Rd., Laverstock. NO COMMENT. Approved.

17/00748/TPO. Work to TPO trees. T1 to T22. Hangar 1, Old Sarum Airfield. NO COMMENT. Approved.

17/00899/FUL. Single storey rear extension to replace conservatory, 61 Church Rd., Laverstock. NO COMMENT. Approved. cont……..

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NEW APPLICATIONS

17/01001/FUL. Full application for 3 x dwellings, car parking and access. Land north of Longhedge Cottages. NO COMMENT.

17/01424/FUL. Single storey lounge extension, 20 Ramsbury Drive, Old Sarum. NO OBJECTION

17/01880/FUL. Construction of 10 semi-detached houses with associated parking. Land adjacent to 1 Longhedge Cottages.

17/02056/TPO. Sycamore tree - reduce overall size to prevent overhanging gar- den. 43 Applin Road, Bishopdown. NO COMMENT.

17/02273/FUL. Change of use from light industrial (Class B2) to storage (Class B8), Unit 1B, Equinox Unit, Castlegate, Old Sarum.

17/02274/FUL. Change of use from light industrial (Class B2) to storage (Class B8), Unit 1C, Equinox Unit, Castlegate, Old Sarum.

17/02322/FUL. Change of use from light industrial (Class B2) to storage (Class B8), Unit 1A, Equinox Unit, Castlegate, Old Sarum.

River Bourne Community Farm

FUNDRAISING BARN DANCE – Friday 7 July 7pm Grab your dancing shoes for the annual barn dance. Local song- sters Scrape the Barrel return to the farm for another fun evening of music and dancing. Bar & raffle. Tickets £10 (£8.50 Friends of the Farm) to include ploughman's supper. Available from the Farm Office 01722 330667 or email [email protected]

River Bourne Community Farm is looking for Volunteer Farm Leaders... Do you have time to spare and would like to join our team of farm leaders tak- ing school parties around the farm? Visits are usually in the mornings for around 2.5 hours and take place mainly in the spring and summer months. Up to four farm leaders accompany each visit. No experience necessary just a calm approach and an interest in engaging children with farming and the environment. Training will be given. If this sounds of interest to you please call the farm office on 01722 330667 and talk to Farm Manager Jane Wilkinson to learn more about the role.

Laverstock and Ford Country Park

Discussions with Barratt Homes over Laverstock and Ford Country Park are contin- uing at the time of writing. We still hope that a settlement can be arrived at very soon and the Country Park be transferred to the Parish Council under reasonable terms for our Community. We now have a team of 16 local residents and Parish Councillors in place to work up the Management Plan for the Country Park from an early draft to a working document. This will guide the work to bring the Country Park to Green Flag Stand- ard. In particular, there is now an urgent need to establish the Play Parks on the Country Park. Our new residents at Riverdown Park find themselves in a very similar position to the one our residents at Old Sarum found themselves in for far too long – poor play facilities for children are a recipe for disaster for all. If you are interested in helping develop the Management Plan at Laverstock and Ford Country Park please contact: [email protected] Longhedge In an attempt to ensure play parks are in place at an early stage for our new settle- ment at Longhedge, we agreed to the Developer designing and building all the Play Parks here. The initial designs we were shown looked very good indeed. However the Develop- ers have revised the designs in a cost cutting exercise and come up with less inspi- rational play spaces which are also potentially dangerous. All the Play Parks are not fenced, which in itself is not a problem if they are placed out in greenspace with relatively low numbers of dogs exercising, but these include play parks for toddlers (Local Areas of Play) positioned on small areas of green space by roads in the De- velopment. We have asked Bovis and Linden, the Developers at Longhedge to think again. On a brighter note, we continue to explore a partnership arrangement with The Land Trust which would ensure the Public Open Space wildflower meadows and associated habitats at Longhedge will be managed in perpetuity at no further cost to the community. DB

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News from Old Sarum

In March we saw our long awaited Co-op shop open! Additionally there is now a children's play area on the Country Park, off Norman Drive. The tender process for another play area on The Green is proceeding with the aim of it opening in the next couple of months. There are also discussions taking place between the Par- ish Council and Salisbury Football Club on how best to create and maintain a Jun- ior Football Pitch on The Green. An After School Gardening Club has been formed and is proving very popular. From the end of April there will be car boot sales every Sunday morning on the car park of Salisbury Football Club. Along with these and ongoing developments there is a new shine around Old Sar- um as we welcome summer. We’ve also been welcoming our new neighbours as they have begun moving in at Longhedge. As this area grows we want to continue to enable community and opportunities for local residents. Which leads me to point you towards the Old Sarum Community Centre. Our fantastic Community centre continues to offer a wide range of activities and groups for all ages from Monday monkeys, a toddler group every Monday 9:30-11am; Community café, Tues- days 2:30-4pm with games and crafts; French classes, 7-8pm on Thursday evenings; or the Rock Choir on Thursday evenings 7- 9:30pm. Sundaes on Sunday, ice cream and fun at 3-4:30pm 28th May. Anyone interested in these or any of our other ex- citing groups, be sure to visit the community centre or give the community centre a call to find out more. If you have a birthday, anniversary, party or any occasion, Old Sarum Community Centre is offering a discounted rate of £10 per hour for the main hall to anyone who lives in the Laverstock and Ford parish. If you are inter- ested please contact: 01722 335349 or [email protected] Messy Church Every 2nd Sunday of the month at Old Sarum Community centre 4-5:30pm. Sunday 14th May and 11th June. Come and join us for games and craft around a Christian theme, with a cooked dinner to end! Messy church is for all ages and based on creativity, hospitality and celebration. We aim to be a community of people that welcomes all into a new and fun way of encountering church together. For more information contact Sophie Burditt: oldsarum@st -francischurch.org.uk

Old Sarum Nursery for your 30 hours FREE! Every parent at Old Sarum cherishes the community nursery based in the school and the community centre opposite. It has operated 9-3 during term time and offered the 15 hours free allowance plus additional paid time at incredibly low rates. It is run by a board of trustees drawn from local parents and is a registered charity. Only staff are paid. In September the Government are offering 30 hours free to eligible working par- ents of 3-4 year old children and 15 hours for all other 3-4 year olds. Check your eligibility: http://www.madeformums.com/news-and-gossip/30-hours- of-free-childcare---will-my-child-get-it/38143.html In order that everyone at Old Sarum and Longhedge can take advantage of the hours, the nursery is making radical changes and intend to:- 1. Open from 8am until 6pm to suit parents 2. Accommodate peak demand by further expansion within the Old Sarum Community Centre 3. Operate throughout the year, including school holidays Current nursery users know that the fees for additional hours are incredibly low and this will continue, compared to charges for private nursery care. The Future? Our Wiltshire Councillor, Ian McLennan, Nursery Chair, Natalie Moss and Angela Brennan of WC Early Years, worked together to achieve a grant of £666,120 to- wards a brand new nursery in 2017, for Old Sarum and Longhedge residents. The £1.3m build would be in partnership with Persimmon and is dependent on a change of use for some employment land to housing. What to do now? Parents will realise that this is a golden opportunity for you to secure great nurse- ry care, within your own community and at extremely low cost. You need to se- cure your place now. You must also pre-register on the Government website – see above madeformums link for the details. To be sure of availability and enable the nursery to plan effectively for staffing recruitment, any training and meet ac- commodation requirements. Please contact Nursery Manager Angela Riley on 01722415598 or 07955 333329. Email: [email protected] Website: www.oldsarumnursery.com Work Opportunity? This is a growing exciting nursery and will be recruiting additional trained staff and apprentices. Why not you? Ask Angela. IM Laverstock & Ford Parish Newsletter 13

Street Naming — Longhedge When a new development is planned, the Parish Council is asked to supply suitable names for the new roads. Given that Longhedge is situated between the Old Sarum First World War Airfield and the MoD Boscombe Down, it was decided that we would commemo- rate flyers who were awarded the Victoria Cross. Linden Homes have arranged for the street name plates to carry an inscription.

Captain Lanoe George Hawker, VC, D.S.O., Royal Engineers and Royal Flying Corps. (30 December 1890 – 23 November 1916) was a British First World War flying ace. Having seven credited victories, he was the third pilot to re- ceive the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry awarded to British and Commonwealth servicemen. He was killed in a dogfight with the famous German flying ace Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron). Richthofen claimed Hawker's Lewis gun from the wreck as a trophy and hung it above the door of his quarters. Major Lanoe George Hawker is listed on the Arras Flying Services Memorial for airmen lost with no known grave. A window (designed by Francis Skeat) commemorating Hawker was installed in St. Nicholas church, Longparish in 1967. The design features St. Michael above an air- field with two pilots in the foreground. There is a copy of the window at the Museum of Army Flying at Middle Wallop.

Albert Ball was known as Britain's best aviator, a reputation earned while serving with the Royal Flying Corps, with 44 confirmed and 25 unconfirmed kills. He was awarded a posthumous VC having crashed his SE5 aeroplane during a dogfight involving German ace Lothar von Richthofen, near Annoeullin, in northern France.

Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Warneford was the first na- val aviator to be awarded the Victoria Cross. On 7 June 1915 he carried out a daring mile-high, moonlit dual with a German airship over Ghent, Belgium, dodging the Zep- pelin LZ37’s machine-gun fire and climbing to 11,000 feet by pushing his aircraft to its limit. Diving steeply towards the air- ship he dropped four 20lb bombs directly on target, setting the airship on fire from end to end. The terrific explosion that followed flipped Warneford’s Mo- rane-Saulnier type L monoplane upside down and tossed it out of control. Recover- ing while in a precipitous dive, Warneford landed behind enemy lines and hastily conducted running repairs, fixing a fuel leak with his cigarette holder. After consid- erable difficulty in starting his engine single-handed, he took off again before he could be captured. Despite having to find his way back in thick fog he returned un- hurt to his base the following morning after an extraordinarily courageous and re- sourceful attack. Almost immediately King George V awarded Warneford the Victoria Cross. The threat to from the German airships was a cause of grave concern and Warneford was acclaimed as a national hero. Combat flying was in its adoles- cence, and night flying in a com- bat situation had not even been tried. Yet Warneford fearlessly took on the Zeppelin and in true innovative spirit destroyed his target, repaired his aircraft and was home in time for breakfast the next morning. Tragically, ten days after his award of the Victoria Cross, Warneford was killed in a flying accident when the right wing of the aircraft he was flying collapsed. He was buried with full military honours in Brompton Cemetery, London. Article by courtesy of www.navywings.org.uk

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Traffic Issues in the Parish– Some progress at last

Police Enforcement

The March Community Policing report for our Parish stated that speed enforce- ment checks at identified hotspots were one of the policing priorities for our Par- ish. The areas to be looked at were Church Rd/The Avenue, The Portway and Ford village. A request has been submitted to the Community Policing Co-ordinator, Pc Matt Holland, to provide more information on whether this activity has started and, if so, how successful this has been.

Ford Village

In the last issue of the Newsletter we reported we were waiting for confirmation of the total money to be made available from Wiltshire Council for a traffic calming scheme for Ford. It now appears that the money allocated, together with a £4,000 contribution from the Parish Council, will be sufficient to cover all the measures that residents voiced their support for at the public meeting in September last year.

A Wiltshire Council Highways Engineer has now completed a detailed design for a scheme based on these measures. By the time this Newsletter is published, resi- dents will have had the opportunity, at a further public meeting on 7 April, to view the design to confirm they are happy with the scheme. Assuming that residents support the design presented, we will be waiting for a forecast as to the likely date when work on the scheme will start. This, however, comes with a warning that we should not necessarily expect to see new signs etc being installed immediately as some safety reviews need to be carried out first at some of the locations in Ford.

Speeding on The Portway, Old Sarum

The Southern Wiltshire Area Board had rejected the recommendation for a speed assessment at the east of The Portway that was fundamental to moving the 40/60mph sign further away from Old Sarum. This, despite being supported both by the residents of Throgmorton Hall and the Parish Council. The residents were again consulted by the Parish Council on the way forward on 15 February.

The Council and residents agreed not to waste further time (and indeed effort) pursuing their preferred option of moving the sign in view of the Area Board’s previous decision. Instead, the Council and residents agreed that, to overcome the impasse and get some action to resolve the major underlying problem of speeding at the east end of the Portway, it was essential to support an alterna- tive option which Wiltshire Councillors believed would reduce the problem of speeding. This was to request that a Wiltshire Council Highways Engineer design a calming scheme at the entrance to Old Sarum.

Good news! This option was supported by the Southern Wiltshire Area Board on 23 March and they agreed to allocate £1,500 to the scheme with the Parish Council contributing a further £1,000.

Speeding on Riverside Road, Laverstock.

There has been a suggestion that some form of controlled crossing near Mayfair Road on Riverside Road would be very beneficial; however, Wiltshire Council Highways have indicated that an assessment would be required to confirm that the location met the criteria for such a crossing. Not surprisingly, there would be a cost for the assessment and a further significant cost for a crossing to be in- stalled should the criteria be met.

An initial view on the volume and speed of traffic at this location could be ob- tained by the installation for a number of days of a Metrocount. A request can be submitted to Wiltshire Council for this to be done and is a no cost exercise. This would produce formal evidence of the volume and speed of vehicles passing along Riverside Road in this vicinity and could be a stepping stone to further ac- tion along the lines mentioned in the previous paragraph.

In the meantime, the Southern Wiltshire Area Board had now obtained a new Speed Indicator Device (SID) which should have significantly higher serviceability than that offered to Parishes last year. A SID gives a visual display to drivers who are exceeding 30mph. Our Parish has opted for an allocation of 3 deployments a year – Riverside Road would be high on the priority list for the first of the 3 de- ployments. VB Laverstock & Ford Parish Newsletter 17

Citizens Advice

Each year, Citizens Advice helps millions of people find a way forward. We do this by providing advice, education and sup- port, and influencing policies and practices that affect our cli- ents.

Why we're needed Life is complicated. Sometimes people encounter challenges and problems that they don’t know how to deal with, and they need help to overcome. Nearly 3 in 4 of our clients said their problem affected their lives, including causing anxiety and financial difficulty. People need different types of support at various times in their life. We believe individuals should be able to get help in the way that works for them and meets their needs. We’re here to help everyone in society that needs us. The people we serve through our local network are often among the most disadvantaged in society with the greatest needs. Our service is free, confidential and open to everyone in the community. Staff are trained to give independent, impartial advice and information on a wide range of issues, including: money, debt, housing, employment, legal procedures, consumer problems, welfare benefits, immigration, education, health and family matters. We arm you with all the facts and possible outcomes of different options - that way you can make the decision that's right for you. How to get advice  Online at www.citizensadvice.org.uk or www.cabwiltshire.org.uk  By phone Advice by phone is available from local Citizens Advice. In addition, we are developing a national phone service. 03444 111 444 Monday—Friday 09.00 - 17.00  At your local office Five Rivers Health and Wellbeing Centre, Hulse Road, SALISBURY, Wiltshire, SP1 3NR Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 10am to 3pm.

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The Great British Spring Clean

A round 50 enthusiastic residents of Laverstock, Bishopdown Farm & Hampton Park and Old Sarum braved the weather for the clean-up of their locality, collecting a total of 90 bags of litter plus a few larg- er items which were too big to bag. Community spir- it was the order of the day and it’s pleasing that so many people were keen to see the parish tidied up.

The sad side of this story is that there was so much litter to collect. Snack wrappers and drink containers were much in evidence, as was a large number of dog waste bags. Some dog walkers are obviously clearing up after their pet but getting tired of carrying the bag and then either dumping it at the side of the road or more bizarre- ly hanging it on a bush or tree.

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Official Opening of Norman Drive Play Area.

Parish Chairman, David Burton, was first down the slide at the official opening of the Norman Drive Play Area at Old Sarum. Pupils from Old Sarum Primary School joined in the celebrations and were eager to try out the various pieces of equip- ment. This play area will be followed in the summer by a larger facility, with a trim trail and sports wall, for older children on The Green Commissioned by the Parish Council, the play area was designed and built by Wicksteed Playgrounds on a fixed budget and was completed on time.

Update to Traffic Issues in Ford Village Since writing the report which appears earlier in the Newsletter, the meeting of Ford residents on 7 April has taken place with 32 residents present. Wiltshire Councillor Ian McLennan was also in the audience. In addition, a number of resi- dents who were unable to attend had expressed their views, by email or verbally, on the traffic calming scheme designed by a Wiltshire Council Highways Engineer which included a mix of both build-outs and new signage. Parish Councillors Vic Bussereau and Ron Champion presented the proposed scheme and the residents asked a variety of questions relating to the various measures in the design. Not unnaturally there were differing views on the effec- tiveness of some aspects. However, at the conclusion of the meeting there was overwhelming support for the proposed design. The scheme was also supported by those residents who were unable to attend but who had made their views known to the 2 Parish Councillors prior to the meeting. The Parish Council will advise Wiltshire Council of the outcome of the meeting and will keep residents informed through this Newsletter and its website of fore- casts for the likely date when work will start in Ford. VB

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Congratulations to the Salisbury FC Under 13 Blacks football team & their Manag- er Dave ‘Robbo’ Robinson for becoming the & District Tyro League Division 6 Champions. Their title win came with two games still remaining but with a staggering 42 points on the table and their nearest rivals 10 points adrift there is no catching them. With a so far undefeated campaign, 14 straight victo- ries & 158 goal tally, we hope the boys, 8 of who live in The Parish, repeat their success next season, being only their second season playing as a Team.

These visitors to the Community Farm got to meet an orphaned lamb which is being bottle fed by farm staff. Laverstock & Ford Parish Newsletter 25

HEALTH & WELLBEING IN OUR PARISH

Your Parish Council presents a series of articles about free locally available aid organisations; helping us to create a caring community in the Parish. Number 3.

ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY is the UK's leading dementia support and re- search charity, there for anyone affected by any form of dementia in Eng- land, Wales and Northern Ireland. They provide information and practical and emotional support to help people live well with dementia, and they in- vest in world-class research with the ultimate goal of defeating it. They al- so campaign to improve public understanding of dementia and the devastat- ing impact it can have, and make sure it's taken seriously and acted on by our governments.

The word dementia describes a set of symptoms that may include memory loss and difficulties with thinking, problem-solving or language. Dementia is caused when the brain is damaged by diseases, such as Alzheimer's dis- ease or a series of strokes.

We have almost 3,000 community-based services across , Wales and Northern Ireland, providing practical and emotional support for people with dementia and their carers. These include dementia advisers and sup- port workers, dementia cafes -where you can talk to others going through similar circumstances, day and home support, befriending, carer support groups and our innovative Singing for the Brain groups. We also help others to improve and develop their dementia care practice through our training and consultancy and publications for health and social care professionals.

Want to know more? Salisbury & District Local Office 29a Brown Street Salisbury Wiltshire England SP1 2AS Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01722 326 236 Or visit: www.alzheimers.org.uk

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CREAM TEA SUNDAY 21 May 3 – 5pm Summer begins on the farm with delicious cream teas and an array of home-made cakes. The farm will be running tractor trailer rides (small cost ap- plies), supervised river dipping with nets, nature walks, and some live music to complete your lazy summer’s afternoon. Free entry & car parking.

LIVE @ THE FARM (outdoor event) Sunday 28 May 3 – 10pm FEATURING: THE DELOREONS plus support from Hightown Crows, Saints of Sin, Tim Madden and the Struggle, the Passenger Club, Tight Rope and Tea & Waistcoats.

Come along to the farm’s annual free outdoor music event as part of ‘Salisbury Live’ featuring the cream of local and regional musical talent. An eclectic mix of styles from pop to folk from glam rock to reggae/ska - all guaranteed to have you up and dancing! FREE ENTRY & On-site parking @ £2 per car. Also BBQ, Bar & Children’s Entertainment.

PLEASE NOTE - LIVE @ THE FARM IS RE-LOCATING TO A MARQUEE IN ONE OF THE FARM’S FIELDS. STRICTLY NO FOOD OR DRINK TO BE BROUGHT ON TO THE FIELD.

OPEN FARM SUNDAY Sunday 11 June 11am – 4.30pm

A family day out at the farm with Farm Animals, Tractor Trailer Rides, Supervised River Dipping, Archery, Rural Crafts & Displays, ‘Have a Go’ Dog Agility Course, Mega slide & other soft play activities, Deli- cious Hot & Cold food including Cream Teas & Farm BBQ. Bar, Live Music and many more activities for the family to enjoy. FREE ENTRY & On-site parking at £2 per car

Hampton Park Pavilion

The Pavilion has a range of activities through out the week as shown below and is available for hire for parties, meetings and sporting activities.

For bookings phone Veronica Ford – 07731 662308 Email [email protected] www.hamptonparkpavilion.org

MORNING AFTERNOON EVENING

Monday Happy Bats AVAILABLE TO Wessex Circus School - Tennis HIRE 5pm – 6pm 9.20am-10.20am 7.30pm – 9.30pm Year Term Time Only round Tuesday Simon Anderson Methodist Group Brownies and Guides 9.30am – 10.30am 2.00pm – 4pm 6pm-10pm Term Time Only Year Round Term Time Only Wednes- Rugby Tots AVAILABLE TO Wutan Kung Fu day 9.30am-11.00am HIRE 7pm-9pm Term Time Only Year Round Thursday Simon Anderson Pilates Boxercise 9.30am – 10.30am 2pm – 3.15pm 6pm-7pm Term Time Only Year Round Year Round Methodist Group Friday Methodist Group AVAILABLE TO Youth Sports 8am – 11.30 am HIRE 6.30pm-9.30pm Year Round Year Round Saturday Aspire Martial Arts AVAILABLE TO 08.30am – 1.30pm HIRE AVAILABLE TO HIRE Year Round Sunday AVAILABLE TO AVAILABLE TO AVAILABLE TO HIRE HIRE HIRE

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Barbecue Safety

Barbecues are great when the sun is shining and you have friends and family to visit, but they do carry a fire risk.

 Always position the barbecue on a level site, away from wooden fencing, sheds and hedges.

 Don’t place the barbecue on dry grass or vegetation.

 Use firelighters or barbecue fuel to light the coals – NEVER use petrol or par- affin.

 Keep children and pets well away from the cooking area and never leave the barbecue unattended.

 Be careful when grilling fatty foods, as the fat can cause the coals to flare up.

 Don’t move the barbecue until it is completely cool, and make sure any re- maining charcoal is cold before disposing of it carefully. Ideally use water to damp down the ashes.

 If using a disposable barbecue, make sure it is completely cold before disposal.

 NEVER dispose of hot barbecue ashes in plastic rubbish bins as this can easily start a fire.

 Always have a bucket of water or garden hose to hand in case a barbecue gets out of hand.

 Make sure the controls and cylinder valves of a gas barbecue are turned off before you change the cylinder, which should be done in a well ventilated ar- ea. Always check the connections for leaks.

 Store gas cylinders outside and protect them from direct sunlight and frost.

 Make sure your gas barbecue is correctly serviced and that all joints are tight- ened, safe and secure.

 Never use a barbecue indoors or inside a tent, as they produce potentially le- thal carbon monoxide.

Salisbury Schools Mini Marathon—Letter from St Andrew’s School

Dear Residents,

As one of the members of the Salisbury Schools Mini Marathon committee who organise the event each year on the Laverstock campus, I have been asked to let you know that this year’s event will take place on:

Saturday 20th May 9.00am – 12.00pm

We are aware that in the past there has been an issue with inconsiderate parking by members of the public during the morning. As in previous years, we are plan- ning to put in place various procedures that will help relieve some of the problems caused to you.

Parents of children attending the event have been asked to park at the Laverstock Club, where the field and car park are being opened up for the morning to allow ample parking away from the main road. We have also been offered limited park- ing facilities at the secondary schools. We are very grateful to the local schools and businesses for their continued support with this.

We have also ordered some cones to put along Church Road on the morning of the races. Unfortunately, as the Police can no longer supply these to us, we have not been able to obtain as many as we would like, but we will endeavour to cone as far as possible along Church Road.

The event is a huge success for all of the children who take part (nearly 1,500) and is very much part of the Salisbury Schools’ calendar. It is a shame that because of a few irresponsible parents, the event has received such a ‘bad press’ from the vil- lage in the past. I hope these measures will ensure that the residents of the vil- lage are not inconvenienced in any way during the morning.

If you wish to discuss any issue regarding the above please do not hesitate to get in touch with me at the school.

Yours sincerely, Karen Walker, Headteacher, St Andrew’s Primary School.

Not sure when your bins are emptied? Have the refuse team missed your house? Want to know when the House- hold recycling centres are open?

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Salisbury Police Cadets ready for Community events this Spring/ Summer We launched our newest Voluntary Police Cadet unit in Salisbury in October 2016. Our cadets are young people aged 13-17yrs and come from across the Salisbury/ Amesbury area. We now have 18 cadets coming towards the end of their initial training phase and this month they will all take part at an attestation ceremony in Salisbury. The cadet sessions are organised and run by your local Community Policing co- ordinators with the support of volunteer leaders. Our cadets will be attending local Community events this Spring/ Summer and will be promoting the work of our CPT, signing people up for community messaging, and helping with crime pre- vention initiatives. Please let us know if you’d like our Cadet to visit any local events.

Bourne Hill Police Station– update on staffing Following the completion of a planning process, we’re pleased to confirm that all of our Wiltshire South CPT Police officers and staff are now fully based at Bourne Hill. Our Police officers previously had to start and finish their duties at Amesbury. This move allows officers to spend all of their duty time ‘on patch’ and will reinforce the ‘One Team’ principles of our CPT model. Our Teams have mobile phones and laptops to enable them to carry out most of their work whilst out and about. Rural PCSO’s and Police officers can continue to use Alderbury and Wilton Police Stations as a base whilst on duty.

Local Police Contacts Pc Matt HOLLAND – Community Policing Co-ordinator [email protected] PCSO Jamie BOYLAND (Bishopdown Farm, Hampton Park, Riverdown Park) [email protected] PCSO Jenny MOSS (Laverstock, Ford & Old Sarum) [email protected]

Laverstock Gardening Club

Our March meeting was a very interesting talk on the Harnham Water Meadows, an excellent start to our new programme. The ten entries in our monthly competition of 'A small vase of spring flowers ' were truly beautiful with an amazing variety of colourful flowers.

Our coach trip to RHS Wisley in May is fully booked and has a waiting list. We are now planning a special afternoon visit to Midney Gardens and Nursery in Somerset on July 11th, something to really look forward to.

The wonderful display of daffodils through the village this spring cheered us all up and May will bring us the change from spring to early summer flowers to enjoy. Adrian Hutchinson will be giving us a talk on the 22nd May "Weeds and their con- trol" and our competition is a vase of 3 Iris .

In June we are planning to visit four or five members Gardens within the village followed by a ploughman supper at Jill's (Supper will need to be pre-ordered) de- tails will be available at the May meeting.

It is good to see our meetings well attended and to be able to welcome visitors. Our meetings are held on the fourth Monday of the month at Laverstock & Ford Village Hall at 7:30pm. Mary Reardon. Chairman.

Salisbury Bowling Club

Situated on Devonshire Road, in the heart of the city , the club is opening it’s doors on Saturday 6th May at 2.30pm to all who would like to try their hand at Flat Green Lawn Bowls.

All you need is a pair of flattish shoes, we will supply the equipment and coaches will be present to guide you along the way. We plan to make it a fun afternoon, there will be lots of activity in the club, the members being engaged in a competi- tion, tea, coffee and cakes will be served during the afternoon (at no cost), and we intend to round off the day with a late afternoon BBQ.

If you come by car, free parking is available. For further information you can visit our website salisburybowls.co.uk or contact Mick on 01722 322116

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LAVERSTOCK DISTRICT EVENING WOMEN’S INSTITUTE

We meet on the third Monday of each month in La- verstock and Ford Village Hall at 7.45 p.m. Our next meetings are on May 15th & June 19th Further information can be obtained from Jill Kay, on 01722 323407 or Thelma Green 01722 320179. We look forward to welcoming all visitors - so why not pay us a visit!

An advance note for your diary….

Salisbury Medical Practice in Bishopdown would like to take this opportunity to keep parish residents in- formed of drop-in sessions at Fisherton House Fountain Way Wilton Road SP2 7FD 01722 333034 What’s on in May Carer’s Café Tuesday 2nd 10:30am – 11:30am Hearing Café Wednesday 3rd 10am – 11:30am Wiltshire Continence Service Drop in (for people with bladder, bowel or pelvic floor dysfunction) Thursday 4th 9:30am - 11:30am Sight Café Monday 8th 10:30am – 12pm Wiltshire Sight drop in Tuesday 9th 10am – 12pm Rheumatoid arthritis caféTuesday 16th 11am – 12pm ME/CFS Café Wednesday 17th 11am – 12:30pm Fibromyalgia Café Thursday 25th 1pm – 2:30pm

St Andrew’s Church — Breakfast@9

For the past year a banner draped along St Andrew’s churchyard fence has proclaimed ‘Breakfast@9 an hour with God with breakfast.’ What is it all about? Well, there really is breakfast on offer, served at the back of the church, at 9 o’clock of a Sunday. It is not bacon and eggs, but there are bacon rolls, toast, yoghurts, fruit, tea, coffee, squash. Then, at about a quarter past, everyone gathers in the body of the church for a short service. We have three or four worship songs (words on a screen, mu- sic through the sound system). These are mainly contemporary Christian songs, but there is usually at least one of those traditional, ever-up-to-date hymns. In between the singing there is a Bible reading, a talk ‘opening up’ the passage, and prayers. A theme runs through each series. Last autumn, for example, the thread was ‘Faith in action’, stories of men and women in the Bible who went through deep waters, but trusted God and found him faithful – Joseph, the slave who became prime minister, David the giant-killer, Daniel the man who outfaced lions. More recently we have been looking at Jesus’s well-known Sermon on the Mount. Each talk is underlined with an activity: lighting candles to show that Christians should be ‘lights’ in the world, using a map to remind ourselves of places to pray for, giving ‘action’ slips to some and ‘consequence’ slips to others, then marrying them up (for good or ill our actions always have consequences). Everyone, of course, is welcome at these services, but they are aimed especially at those for whom church is ‘foreign territory’. Asked what Breakfast@9 meant to him, one of our regulars said, ‘It gets me back to basics’ – the things he knew, but had let slip. Another said the group was welcoming, like a family, a community. Another felt the teaching was honest, and he enjoyed the company of a variety of people. So church is not as stuffy as you might think, it is about off-loading past failures (Jesus on the cross saw to that), making a new start in life, It is about having a sense of purpose, finding God’s plan for one’s life, finding those things which (by God’s grace) we are best at, then seeing others blessed through us. It would be great to see you on Sunday, sharing in these blessings! Laverstock & Ford Parish Newsletter 35

Laverstock & Ford Parish Council Contacts Important Notice The list of members of the Parish Council & Wiltshire Council shown below is only effective until Monday 8th May when the newly elected councillors take over. See our website for details of the newly elected council members.

Chairman Carl Davis 41 Sherbourne Drive, David Burton 8 Riverside Close, Old Sarum, SP4 6FS Laverstock, SP1 1QW Tel: 07970 038546 Tel: 332130 [email protected] [email protected] James Dean Milford Farm, Vice-Chair Milford SP1 1RJ Vic Bussereau Tel: 335040 5 Merrifield, Ford SP4 6DF Tel: 339571 [email protected] [email protected] Derek Hayes Meadow View, The Green, Laverstock SP1 1QS Andy Birkett 34 Norman Drive Tel: 332109 Old Sarum SP4 6FP Tel: 01722 326642 [email protected] [email protected] David Law 117b Church Road, Laverstock SP1 1RB Christopher Burnell davidlaw@laverstock -ford.co.uk 35 Apostle Way, Bishopdown, Salisbury SP1 3GS Tel: 505722 Carole Martin 35 St James Close, Bishopdown [email protected] Farm, Salisbury, SP1 3FB Ron Champion 3 The Steadings Tel: 334868 Ford SP4 6BH carolemartin@laverstock -ford.co.uk Tel: 320408 Lesley Waller [email protected] 30 The Oakbournes Bishopdown Hilary Davidson 7 St Peter's Road Farm SP1 3FZ Bishopdown Farm SP1 3FS [email protected] Tel: 07752 044831 [email protected]

Parish Clerk Andrew Prince 3 Pilgrims Way, Laverstock, Salisbury, SP1 1RZ Tel: 01722 411847 Email: [email protected]

Details of councillors’ interests & membership of parish council sub-groups, can be found on our website www.laverstock-ford.co.uk

Wiltshire Councillors Ian McLennan For Laverstock, Ford & Old Sarum 01722 332233 47 Church Road, Laverstock, Salisbury SP1 1QY Email: [email protected] @CllrIanMcLennan Bill Moss For Bishopdown 01980 862241 Long Orchard, London Road Winterslow. SP5 1BN Member of Parliament John Glen Constituency Office 12 Brown Street, Salisbury SP1 1HE Phone: 01722 323050 Website: www.johnglenmp.com House of Commons [email protected]

Laverstock Evergreen Club St Andrews Church Yard Charity Number 1027430 We need more volunteers to help us maintain the beautiful churchyard at Coffee Morning St Andrews. On Wednesday 17th May If you feel able to give a few hours a In The Village Hall month during the growing season to At 10.00 am help us with mowing and strimming Coffee & Cake £1.50 please get in touch with me. Book Stall, Table Sale, Raffle This event is open to all, for Godfrey King – Church Yard Steward more information contact on 349824, mobile 07974809708 or Jill Kay on 01722 323407 email [email protected]

Laverstock & Ford Parish Newsletter: Copy deadline for next issue (164) Jul/Aug 2017 : 5th June The editor reserves the right to edit articles for content and length. If you are a member of a local club or organisation, or have an un- usual hobby which you think would interest your fellow residents, write a short article about it for possible inclusion in a future Parish Newsletter. You can include pictures which support the article. A full page is a round 400 words. Email these to: [email protected] Laverstock & Ford Parish Website: www.laverstock-ford.co.uk

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LOCAL CHURCHES INFORMATION Several churches are listed as the civil boundary overlaps the church boundaries Salisbury St. Mark's & Laverstock St. Andrew's SUNDAYS 1st Sunday St Andrew’s 9 am Breakfast@9; 10.30 am Holy Communion St Mark’s 9 am Together@Ten Holy Communion; 10.00 Together@Ten; 6 pm Prayer Meeting 2nd Sunday St Andrew’s 9 am Breakfast@9; 10.30 am Holy Communion St Mark’s 10.30 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday St Andrew’s 9 am Breakfast@9; 10.30 am Holy Communion St Mark’s 10.30 am Morning Worship 4th & 5th Sunday St Andrew’s 9 am Breakfast@9; 10.30 am Holy Communion S Mark’s 10.30 am Holy Communion WEEKDAYS – Mondays Morning Prayer at the Barrington Centre; Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays Morning Prayer at St Mark’s 9am; Wednesdays Holy Communion at St Andrew’s 9:30am CONTACT DETAILS – Vicar Rev Jim Findlay. Office 07933 952 171 / [email protected]; Website www.stmarksandstandrews/org.uk Church Wardens for St. Andrew's Church - Sue Gal- lagher 332619 / Mary Terry 349886 St. Michael and All Angels, Winterbourne Earls : Sunday service at 11.00am Team Service (5th Sunday in month), Wednesday Holy Communion 9.30am Team Vicar: Rev. Peter Ostli-East (01980 611350) [email protected] Associate Priest Rev David Coates (01722 325944) Bourne Valley Team Rev Wendy Pugh (part-time) (01722 501443) Churchwarden: Mrs Becky Baker (01980 611343 Website: www.stmichaelswebsite.org.uk Salisbury Vineyard Church : meets every Sunday, 10.30am at — Real coffee, friendly people, real God and uplifting atmosphere. Details:: 01722 340166 or vis-it www.salisburyvineyard.co.uk The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham at Holy Redeemer, Bishopdown Mass 11am every Sunday, Wednesday 6.30pm. Evensong 6pm (2nd Sunday of month) Fr Keith Robinson (01722 504807) [email protected] Most Holy Redeemer Fotherby Crescent, Bishopdown SP1 3EG. Saturdays 6pm, Wednesday 10am Canon Michael Fitzpatrick. For more information ring 01722 333581 or email [email protected]. Website: www.salisburycatholics.org Salisbury United Reformed Church welcomes you. Ministers Revs. Ana & Tod Gobledale ( tel. 01722 330980 ) : Rev. Tom Grant ( tel. 01722 411379 ) Services at Fisherton Street, Sundays 10.30am. www.salisburyurc.org.uk The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Old Sarum Sunday 10am worship Wednesday 7:30pm Youth Club Salisbury Methodist Church St Edmunds, Church St, Salisbury, SP11EF. Minister, Rev David Hookins. Services every Sunday morning at 10.30 am and in the evening at 6pm. St Francis Church Beatrice Rd/ Castle Road Salisbury lots going on for all ages. please check out our website for more info: www.st-francischurch.org.uk

Contacts around The Parish Air Cadets (Old Sarum) 320634 Army Cadets (Old Sarum) Adam Reavill 07940 984886 Bishopdown Farm Pre-School Marie Ryan 07887 517156 Cricket Club Paul Hemming 07970 960218 Deliveries: PARISH NEWSLETTER Parish Clerk 411847 Evergreen Club Sandy Small 711129 Flora Mundi Mrs D Stevens 335770 Greentrees Primary - Head Ray Picton 340596 Hampton Park Pavilion Hamptonparkpavillion @gmail.com Laverstock & Ford Sports Club 327401 Laverstock Art Club John Gustard 326237 Laverstock Beaver Scouts Jane Waspe 421287 Laverstock Brownies Pauline Giles 01725 519216 Laverstock Cubs Kate Knight 01980 622495 Laverstock Explorer Scouts David Waspe 01722 421287 Laverstock Gardening Club Mary Reardon 01722 335709 Laverstock History/Archaeology Bryan Evans 320129 Laverstock Ladies Open Group Iverene Hopkins 500643 Laverstock Scouts Martin Smith 01722 339546 Laverstock WI Thelma Green 320179 Line Dancing (Mulepackers): Mike Sainsbury 717800/340054 Milford Preservation Group Alan Hotchkiss 326027 Mothers’ Union Afternoon Group Heather Ludlow 01980 862758 Old Sarum Aviation Museum @BDACATOldSarum 323636 Old Sarum Beaver, Cub & Scouts oldsarumscouts @outlook.com Old Sarum Community Centre Diana Earle 01722 335349 Old Sarum Community Enablers Will and Sophie Burditt 01722 237318 Old Sarum Primary School—Head Mr John Jones 410677 River Bourne Community Farm Jane Wilkinson 330667 Probus Club of Sarum Roger Ballard 323570 Laverstock & Ford Parish Newsletter 39

River Bourne Farm Shop 322227 Salisbury Medical Practice Sharon Burgess 334402 Sarum Bridge Club sarumbridge @gmail.com St. Andrews - FRIENDS - Chair Emily Wells 07841 907987 St. Andrews - Head Karen Walker 503590 St. Andrews Toddlers - Chair Amber Jacobs 07920 051743 St. Edmunds - Head Miss Sarah Busby 328565 St .Josephs - Head Mrs R Ridley 335380 St. Josephs - FRIENDS C/O School 335380 TA Centre—Old Sarum Capt. Dave Oliver 438300 TAI CHI Jo Domin 01722 322446 The Duck Inn Becki and Tim 327678 Wyvern - FRIENDS Mrs Joanna Charlton 331245 Wyvern College Head Paul German 500700

V E N U E S A R O U N D T H E P A R I S H

Laverstock and Ford Village Hall Casual hire available. Contact Mrs Tracy Jackson Tel. No. 07907840250

Old Sarum Community Centre Large spacious hall seating 80 + people. Small hall which can be divided into two by a partition, catering for thirty people each side or 60 when opened ful- ly. Commercial kitchen and facilities suitable for parties, wedding receptions and training. Wi Fi throughout the building. Email [email protected] or download a booking form from the website www.oldsarumcommunitycentre.co.uk The Community Office will be open on Mondays 10-12. Tel 01722 335349

The Pavilion, Hampton Park The Pavilion is located on Ash Crescent at Hampton Park. It offers excellent facili- ties for both indoor and outdoor sport, as well as a meeting place for a variety of groups and organisations. For the latest info on availability and to hire the Pavil- ion for a party or meeting, please check the website : www.hamptonparkpavilion.co.uk or email [email protected]

WILTSHIRE COUNCIL HELPLINES To report road, lighting defects and road hazards 0300 456 0105 Emergency (Out of hours) 0300 456 0100 Rubbish and recycling 0300 456 0102 Council tax 0300 456 0109 Housing 01722 434773 Planning 01722 434541 Building Control 01722 434519 Pest control, noise and pollution 0300 4560107 General enquiries and switchboard 0300 456 0100

FLOOD LINE 0845 988 1188 ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Emergency Helpline 0800 807 060

Salisbury Community Area Manager Karen Linaker [email protected] 01722 434697 Southern Wiltshire Community Area Manager Tom Bray [email protected] 01722 434252

Local Police Contacts for Community Policing issues or enquiries (non-urgent)

Laverstock, Ford and Old Sarum PCSO Jenny Moss [email protected]

Bishopdown Farm, Hampton Park and Riverdown Park PCSO Jamie Boyland– [email protected]

Milford PCSO Laura King – [email protected]

Community Policing Co-ordinators– Pc Matt Holland and Pc Tracey Holloway Our email for general enquiries is - [email protected]

You can phone by dialling '101', in an emergency dial ‘999’.

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PARISH D i a r y D a t e s for events in May/June 2017

May Wed 3rd Laverstock Evergreen Club 2.30pm Laverstock & Ford Village Hall Mon 8th Ladies Open Group Skin Care & Make-up Evening . 7.45pm LVH Mon 15th Parish Council Meeting Greentrees Junior School 7:00pm Mon 15th Laverstock & District Evening W.I. Laverstock Village Hall 7.45pm Wed 17th Mothers’ Union Afternoon Group, St Andrew’s Church, 2.15pm Wed 17th Laverstock Evergreen Club Coffee Morning 10am LVH Sat 20th Salisbury Schools Mini Marathon 9am to 12pm Laverstock Sun 21st Cream Tea Sunday at River Bourne Community Farm 3-5pm Mon 22nd Laverstock Gardening Club ‘Weeds and their control’ 7:30pm LVH Wed 24th Salisbury Area Board Five Rivers Health and Wellbeing Centre 7pm Sun 28th Live @ The Farm Music Event Free Entry 3-10pm Parking £2 RBCF June Thu 1st Southern Area Board Old Sarum Community Centre 7pm Wed 7th Laverstock Evergreen Club No meeting at the Village Hall Sun 11th Open Farm Sunday Event Free Entry 11-4:30pm Parking £2 RBCF Mon 12th Laverstock Ladies Open Group Treasure Hunt Details to be notified. Mon 19th Laverstock & District Evening W.I. Laverstock Village Hall 7.45pm Mon 19th Parish Council Meeting River Bourne Community Farm Laverstock 7pm Wed 21st Mothers’ Union Afternoon Group, St Andrew’s Church, 2.15pm Mon 26th Laverstock Gardening Club ‘Visit to members’ gardens’ 7:30pm LVH

LVH Laverstock & Ford Village Hall RBCF River Bourne Community Farm Make sure your July/August 2017 events appear in the Parish Newsletter E-mail full details to: [email protected]

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